Rogue LinkedIn Profiles Lead To Malware

January 6, 2009 – 9:57 AM

LinkedIn is a popular social networking site where you can manage business contacts online. Since you can set up a profile with links to your own website, it seems to attract criminals’ attention as well. A Google search reveals that several hundred fake LinkedIn profiles from nude “Kirsten Dunst” to nude “Hulk Hogan” exist already. The rogue profiles look all alike, with a picture of the celebrity and three links to the parts of the “nude video”.

Source:
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2009/01/06/rogue-linkedin-profiles-lead-to-malware/

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